I have searched and can not find a suitable free (or inexpensive) online file hosting service that provides direct links.
I used to use Dropbox then they started blocking my links because of false positives.
So I started using Google Drive. Now they started the same thing.
I submit false positive reports but these antivirus companies are not responding to my false positive reports. Baidu, Cylance, Endgame, Jiangmin
So, getting a clean report from VirusTotal is impossible.

Requirements for online storage...
Free or less the $60 a year.
Direct links
no time limit for hosting (some delete for non activity and a specific amount of time)

@DataLife, I've been pretty happy with SugarSync for some time. They give a 30 day free trial, so maybe it would be worth a try. I'm only paying $60 a year now, but I think I'm grandfathered in. It might be more now, I haven't checked.
Regards,
burque505

burque505 wrote:@DataLife, I've been pretty happy with SugarSync for some time. They give a 30 day free trial, so maybe it would be worth a try. I'm only paying $60 a year now, but I think I'm grandfathered in. It might be more now, I haven't checked.
Regards,
burque505

I think hosting your projects should be done on GitHub.
It's free and additionally gives you version control.
While direct link storages don't really care for single developers GitHub and similar services will try to defend against false positives - at least I would think that way.

nnnik wrote:I think hosting your projects should be done on GitHub.
It's free and additionally gives you version control.
While direct link storages don't really care for single developers GitHub and similar services will try to defend against false positives - at least I would think that way.

Does github allow non-freeware programs to be hosted?
I wrote a program that requires a paid registration.
At the moment it does not generate enough money to pay very much for online storage.

@DataLife, I downloaded and installed the Python program "yadisk-direct" from this GitHub link, which is also in the post above. I used it to create the link.
The instructions are on that website. It is extremely easy to do (somewhat easier, perhaps, at least if you're just creating a URL for downloads, than using @tomoe_uhara's very nice script above).
In my case, I just ran the following from the command line to get the link for your jpg: